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A UFO Dogfight in the Skies[/color]
May 27, 2013
Nick Redfern
Very often I’m asked why I am such a believer in the existence of a genuine UFO phenomenon, regardless of its ultimate point of origin – or points of origin. Well, the answer is very simple: there are certain cases that, despite rigorous study, it has proved very difficult to explain away in rational and down to earth terms. A classic example is a startling event that occurred back in the mid to late 1970s. It attracted high level, official attention and demonstrated that when it comes to UFOs, military firepower is no match for the true unknowns.
Strange and amazing things were afoot in the night skies of Tehran, the capital of Iran, on September 19, 1976. Those things revolved around nothing less than the pilot of the Iranian Air Force practically doing battle with a potentially hostile unidentified flying object. Not surprisingly, a U.S. Government file was created on the event.
For at least some insight into what happened on September 19, we are reliant upon one of just two pieces of evidence that have surfaced, via the Freedom of Information Act. The first is a three-page paper – titled Now You See It, Now You Don’t! – www.mufon.com/FamousCases/1976%20Iran%20Part%201%20MUFON%20Case%20File.pdf which was penned by Captain Henry S. Shields, USAF. The second is a three-page document from the Defense Intelligence Agency. The latter reads like sci-fi. Astonishingly, it is nothing of the sort.
According to the paperwork at issue, nicap.org/reports/760919routing_slip_ufo_iran.pdf it was not long after midnight on the 19th when people living in the Shemiran area of Tehran reported seeing strange, unidentified lights maneuvering directly overhead. Phone calls were quickly placed with local police and military authorities at Shahrokhi Air Force base.
An hour or so after the first call reached staff at the air base, a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom aircraft was scrambled to try and determine the precise origin of the enigmatic lights. And that’s when things got very interesting, as the following, extracted from the Defense Intelligence Agency’s report, reveals:
“At 0130 hrs on the 19th the F-4 took off and proceeded to a point about 40 NM north of Tehran. Due to its brilliance, the object was easily visible from 70 miles away. As the F-4 approached a range of 25 NM, [the pilot] lost all instrumentation and communications…When the F-4 turned away from the object and apparently was no longer a threat to it, the aircraft regained all instrumentation and communications.”
Rather notably, the documentation adds: “The size of the radar return was comparable to that of a 707 tanker,” which would have put its length in excess of 140 feet and its width more than 130 feet.
CONTINUE READING: mysteriousuniverse.org/2013/05/a-ufo-dogfight-in-the-skies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-ufo-dogfight-in-the-skies
A UFO Dogfight in the Skies[/color]
May 27, 2013
Nick Redfern
Very often I’m asked why I am such a believer in the existence of a genuine UFO phenomenon, regardless of its ultimate point of origin – or points of origin. Well, the answer is very simple: there are certain cases that, despite rigorous study, it has proved very difficult to explain away in rational and down to earth terms. A classic example is a startling event that occurred back in the mid to late 1970s. It attracted high level, official attention and demonstrated that when it comes to UFOs, military firepower is no match for the true unknowns.
Strange and amazing things were afoot in the night skies of Tehran, the capital of Iran, on September 19, 1976. Those things revolved around nothing less than the pilot of the Iranian Air Force practically doing battle with a potentially hostile unidentified flying object. Not surprisingly, a U.S. Government file was created on the event.
For at least some insight into what happened on September 19, we are reliant upon one of just two pieces of evidence that have surfaced, via the Freedom of Information Act. The first is a three-page paper – titled Now You See It, Now You Don’t! – www.mufon.com/FamousCases/1976%20Iran%20Part%201%20MUFON%20Case%20File.pdf which was penned by Captain Henry S. Shields, USAF. The second is a three-page document from the Defense Intelligence Agency. The latter reads like sci-fi. Astonishingly, it is nothing of the sort.
According to the paperwork at issue, nicap.org/reports/760919routing_slip_ufo_iran.pdf it was not long after midnight on the 19th when people living in the Shemiran area of Tehran reported seeing strange, unidentified lights maneuvering directly overhead. Phone calls were quickly placed with local police and military authorities at Shahrokhi Air Force base.
An hour or so after the first call reached staff at the air base, a McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom aircraft was scrambled to try and determine the precise origin of the enigmatic lights. And that’s when things got very interesting, as the following, extracted from the Defense Intelligence Agency’s report, reveals:
“At 0130 hrs on the 19th the F-4 took off and proceeded to a point about 40 NM north of Tehran. Due to its brilliance, the object was easily visible from 70 miles away. As the F-4 approached a range of 25 NM, [the pilot] lost all instrumentation and communications…When the F-4 turned away from the object and apparently was no longer a threat to it, the aircraft regained all instrumentation and communications.”
Rather notably, the documentation adds: “The size of the radar return was comparable to that of a 707 tanker,” which would have put its length in excess of 140 feet and its width more than 130 feet.
CONTINUE READING: mysteriousuniverse.org/2013/05/a-ufo-dogfight-in-the-skies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-ufo-dogfight-in-the-skies